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Format: CD
Apr 2000
Record Label: Buddha Records
Recording Type: Studio
UPC: 744659966521 |
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Details
Track Listing
1. Up, Up and Away
2. Another Day, Another Heartache
3. Which Way to Nowhere
4. California My Way
5. Misty Roses
6. Go Where You Wanna Go
7. Never Gonna Be the Same
8. Pattern People
9. Rosecrans Boulevard
10. Learn How to Fly
11. Poor Side of Town
12. I'll Be Loving You Forever
13. Train Keep Movin' On
14. Too Poor to Die
Album Notes
The Fifth Dimension's debut album was state of the art Los Angeles studio pop in 1967 and it still sounds remarkably fresh. Although producer Johnny Rivers deliberately pitched them as a black version of The Mamas & The Papas (here they cover that group's folk rock hit "Go Where You Wanna Go," backed by the same studio musicians that played on the original), vocally they were distinctive enough to overcome the comparison. Marilyn McCoo, in particular, had a throaty alto seemingly genetically engineered to sing sad love songs.
They were also lucky enough to have first crack at some instant classic songs by then unknown songwriter Jimmy Webb. Webb's title tune is the obvious high point here, but there's also a surprising cover of Rivers' "Poor Side of Town," with a stunning acapella opening section. The three bonus tracks from the group's earliest days as Motown wannabes are richly entertaining, especially "I'll Be Loving You Forever," a blatant clone of the Four Tops' "Reach Out I'll Be There."
Industry Reviews
...Contained their first 3 hits....but three bonus cuts are revelatory...reflecting a similar Motown fixation that's a lot closer to straight soul than anything else [they] waxed...
Living Blues (11/01/2000)
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